Originally Posted by
ULDB65
This keeps coming up... There are many small banks in the U.S. ( I happen to use Mechanics Bank of California) that are not large enough to have their own ATM network. So they rebate ALL fees from ANY ATM. Anywhere in the world I use an ATM, Mechanics will rebate the local fees, so it never costs me anything to use any ATM. With that in mind, I don't care what the local ATM charges, because I know I wont be paying it.
Mechanics only requires something like $1000 in a checking account to get this benefit, so I keep an account there just for travel cash.
Note that they are having problems with the Chile rebates (something with the way they are processed - they have to do it manually) - but my AR$ rebates have been coming through without issue.